Toy receptacle.



G. H. GILL.

TOY REGEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.11. 1914.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

m m m m i srarns CHARLES H. GILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOY RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9,1915.

Application filed April 11, 1914. Serial No. 831,272.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. GILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Toy Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a receptacle, resembling a firecracker in form and appearance, capable of holding candy or other articles; second, to provide means for ejecting such articles when the ejecting means is set in operation by the burning of a fuse.

I attain these objects, preferably, by the mechanism shown in the drawing and described in this specification but it will be understood that numerous changes in the details of the means employed may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the whole device, with the outer paper wrapper opened up and laid back, andwith a part of the receptacle wall cut away so as to show a part of the interior and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the finished article.

The receptacle A, is a cylindrical tube of pasteboard in which the disk B, fits loosely. Two rubber bands C C, pass beneath the disk B, at right angles to each other and are kept in their positions relative to each other and to the disk B, by grooves K K, cut in the under side of the disk B. These rubber bands C C, extend when stretched, vertically along the inner wall of the receptacle A, to points near the top of receptacle A, where they pass out through apertures L L L L, in the wall of receptacle A, and are secured by the pins F F F F. The contents J, fill the receptacle A, to near its top and it is by means of downward pressure exerted through these contents J, that the rubber bands 0 C, are forced to the position of tension as shown in the drawing. The disk G, fitting loosely into the receptacle A, covers the contents J, and collects the several lines of upward-tending force transmitted by the tensioned rubber bands C C, through the contents J. A cotton cord E, is stretched tightly over the top of the disk G, and is secured at opposite sides by the pins F F. A fuse D, is knotted around the cord E, and extends upwardly. The .paper wrapper H, is rolled around the receptacle A, and its edges are pasted together along the length of receptacle A, and its bottom overhang is folded up and secured by paste. The overhang of paper at the top of receptacle A, is twisted around the fuse D, and secured by a knotted thread, leaving the fuse D, to project.

In operation, the fuse D, is lighted and burns down to where it is knotted around,

the cord E, communicating its fire to cord E, and causing said cord E, to burn until it becomes severed. Thus, the disk G, is released and said disk G, and contents J, are

carried upwardly by the upward movement said direction and a fuse so disposed as to sever said cord and release said member when said fuse is burned.

CHARLES H. GILL.

Witnesses FRANK H. MADISON, BEULAH BAY BLIAT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G. 

